歷代三寶紀 2.30

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（戊午）明帝莊（光武第四子立十八年號永平元。佛入涅槃至此已六百六十七年）　（己未）二　（庚申）三　（辛酉）四　（壬戌）五　（癸亥）六　（甲子）七（是年帝夢金人飛來殿庭。即佛像經法應也。命使西行尋求佛經）　（乙丑）八　（丙寅）九　（丁卯）十（使還。得迦葉摩騰來到雒陽即翻四十二章經。以白馬馱經來。即起白馬寺）　（戊辰）十一（竺法蘭出佛本行經五卷。陶隱居年歷云。帝夢金人遣使。是此年與諸家小異。據終亦不爽）　（己巳）十二　（庚午）十三（竺法蘭出十地斷結經四卷）　（辛未）十四　（壬申）十五　（癸酉）十六　（甲戌）十七　（乙亥）十八

(Wuwu) Emperor Ming, Zhuang (fourth son of Guangwu; reigned eighteen years; era titled the 1st year of Yongping. By this point, 667 years had passed since the Buddha entered nirvāṇa). (Jiwei) Year 2. (Gengshen) Year 3. (Xinyou) Year 4. (Renxu) Year 5. (Guihai) Year 6. (Jiazi) Year 7 (In this year, the Emperor dreamed of a golden man flying down into the palace courtyard. This was a response corresponding to the images of the Buddha and the sūtra teachings. He commanded envoys to travel west in search of Buddhist sūtras). (Yichou) Year 8. (Bingyin) Year 9. (Dingmao) Year 10 (The envoys returned. Obtaining Kāśyapa Mātanga, they arrived at Luoyang, where he translated the Sūtra of Forty-two Sections. As the sūtras had been brought packed on a white horse, White Horse Monastery was then erected). (Wuchen) Year 11 (Zhu Falan produced the Fo benxing jing in five fascicles. The Chronology of Tao the Recluse [Tao Hongjing] states that the Emperor dreamed of the golden man and dispatched envoys in this year, slightly differing from the other authorities; yet based on the outcome, it is by no means mistaken). (Jisi) Year 12. (Gengwu) Year 13 (Zhu Falan produced the Shidi duanjie jing in four fascicles). (Xinwei) Year 14. (Renshen) Year 15. (Guiyou) Year 16. (Jiaxu) Year 17. (Yihai) Year 18.